Potions Inquiry I
With Elsa Abbey, Edmund Lucas, Dustin Rodare, and Sarreaha AilkElsa:
Elsa sat in the Library, in the far corner studying up on uses for snails. The library was fairly crowded, but still just as quiet. It seemed half the school was in here today. She slammed the book shut and rose to get another. It seemed that everyone else had taken all the good books. She skimmed the walls for a new one, and found "Potion making and you." It looked rather cheesy, but she picked it up and read a few pages, befpre putting it back, and starting her search up again.
Eddie:
It had been a rather long and boring day, one of those days where Eddie had few classes with Dustin, therefore, not being able to prank as much as he wanted. Even so, in their last lesson together, which happened to be the last lesson of the day, Professor Corrago had given them an extremely difficult homework assignment. Knowing that it would actually have to make them work, Edie and Dustin had walked over to the library, among with a lot of other people. It seemed that everyone needed to get done their homework due tomorrow.
Eddie joked and laughed with Dustin, as always, catching a glimpse of familiar faces here and there. A small boy came over and nearly worshiped them for their last prank. Eddie just shrugged and smiled. As their found a table near the entrance of the library, they dropped all their bags and school supplies and went to search for books.
As Eddie walked nearer and nearer towards one of the far corners, he loosened up his shirt and tie. He rolled up his sleeves and his shirt was left un-tucked. Eddie messed up his hair a little as he searched with his eyes, not caring where he left. There's weren't really a lot of people there in the back. Eddie laid little interest in it, all he cared about what to find a good book.
Walking without seeing seemed to backfire on him as he bumped into someone. "I'm so sor-" Eddie stopped looking at the girl in front of him. He resisted the temptation of moping and making puking noises as he saw that it was Elsa. "Sorry," he said shortly, giver her a small nasty look.
Elsa:
There. "Medling with potions for dumb students" That should help. As Elsa reached for it, she lost track of what happened. Next thing she knew she was on the ground, starring up at, Eddie! A great smile grew on her face, before she realised she can't smile at him. Her lip curled into a snarl, and she looked him up and down. His shirt was untucked,. He looked like he had just woken up! But she loved it. Secretly fo course.
"Well?" She demanded, rasing both eyebrows. "Are you going to help me up or not? I mean you did completely interrupt my studying and knocked me on the ground. The least you could do was offer." Of course it was hardly enough of a commotion to really knock Elsa over. She was small, but not that small. She just enjoyed the attenition. Especially now that she realised it was Eddie.
Eddie:
Eddie raised an eyebrow slightly as he noticed that she was on the floor. He rolled his eyes "Can't you even stand straight?" he muttered under his breath, not caring if she heard him or not. Eddie doubted secretly in his mind that his little bumping into her would make her fall. Nevertheless, there she was, on the floor. He hadn't really bumped into her that hard, just had contact, which was more than enough for Eddie.
Are you going to help me up or not? I mean you did completely interrupt my studying and knocked me on the ground. The least you could do was offer. Eddie looked down at her. He resisted the urge to laugh or roll his eyes, instead he leaned against the book-shelves and smirked. His sea green/blue eyes twinkling with mischief as he ruffled his blond hair some more.
"I figured that you'd manage to get up by yourself, I guess I gave you too much credit." Eddie smirked, not moving one inch. He crossed his arms and kept leaning against the book-shelves. He knew they were enchanted to hold any weight from above, the sides and inside them.
Elsa:
"Uh." She spat. Elsa stood up, a bit shaken and brushed herself off. "He didnt even offer! That lousy little... cutie." How rude. Of coursse Elsa certainly was capable of doing this on her own, just as she did, but it was very impolite to knock someone over and not ever help them back up. For some reason her continued to look at her as he leaned against the book shelf. What was he waiting for? "WELL?" She demanded. "Ar you going to just stand there?" Without waiting for his response, Elsa pushed him out of the way, even lighter than he had knocked her, and went on her search again.
Eddie:
Eddie cared little that he was being rude or mean towards her, she could probably handle it as any other, seeing as she was usually mean towards other all the time. Eddie usually kept his manners and was rather charming and flirtatious around girls, all except Elsa. He just simply couldn't stand her. He wanted to laugh when she gave a annoyed "uh".
Eddie kept looking at her. He enjoyed these moment, when he knew he'd annoyed her to some extend. He liked to just watch, it probably annoyed her even more, especially when she didn't know the purpose of why he was doing as he did.
"Are you going to just stand there?" Elsa asked, something telling Eddie that she was annoyed with his actions. Score, he thought to himself. Elsa however, did not wait for his respond and just walked past him, knocking ever so lightly into him. Eddie rolled his eyes and said, "if you're going to knock into someone, at least you should do it properly." Whether or not she had heard him, Eddie didn't know, nor care.
Eddie shrugged inwardly before looking closer at some of the books on the shelves. He found what he was looking for and want back tot he corner where he had Dustin had dropped their stuff. Eddie sat down, waiting for Dustin to come back form wherever he'd been.
Dustin:
Dustin had wound smoothly behind the shelves when he saw Elsa, smirking to himself. Best leave her to Sir Edmund, he thought. He took a random book from the shelf he was hiding behind and slowly wheedled his way back to where his friend was (probably) waiting, hoping he'd rid them of the nasty snob by the time he returned.
He came out from hiding just as Elsa stalked past, brushing Eddie as she went by. Dustin sneaked over to their corner behind Eddie and plopped down beside him.
"So... how did that go?" he asked, smiling brightly.
Sarreaha:
This was a tad annoying. Well, actually she was annoyed with herself. How could she not remember what a homework assignment was? Sarreaha knew that there was one, however she couldn't say what it was. She hadn't thought she was dazing out, but apparently she had. From now on she was actually going to go to bed early ...
Right Sarreaha, lets make promises we actually intend to keep! she thought sarcastically to herself. It was an essay on ... something ... she then thought. Something she knew she'd need to look up in the library.
"What the bloody hell was it?" she muttered to herself annoyed. She looked at the shelves in front of her one last time before she turned to look around the Library. Maybe there was someone in her year here... they ought to know right? She couldn't have been the only one dazing in and out.
As her eyes scanned the library, she caught sight of her fellow Hufflepuff leaving some shelves ... looking somewhat annoyed. Sarreaha would have preferred to ask someone else but one takes what they can get. Elsa wasn't Sarreaha's favorite person, the girl's personality just grated her nerves, something was it seemed hard to do for Sarreaha and yet this girl had accomplished it. Despite that, the girls got on tolerably well.
"Hey Elsa!" Sarreaha said as she neared the other girl. She wasn't going to yell out in the Library.
Sarreaha was dressed in muggle attire, having changed out of her uniform after her last class. She was dressed in paint splashed blue jeans, with a light yellow top, her normal bright orange sneakers, and over the top she had thrown on one of her black school robes, the clasps undone. Her brown hair was thrown up in a messy ponytail, with pieces falling and going every which way. In the mass of brown strands there were also visible the normal bits of string and beads that she threaded into the strands. From her ears hung lime green dangling earrings with silver balls strung into the green, a matching necklace adorned her neck.
As she raised her hand in greeting, the five bangles (silver, green, yellow, pink, and orange) around her wrist clanked together. She grimaced at the noise they produced. When she was near enough to the other girl that she would not need to speak overly loud she asked. "Do you recall what the homework was that Professor Corrago assigned in Transfiguration?" She realized she needed to specify which class, since the man was subbing Herbology as well.
Elsa:
Sarreaha. Elsa did not know her well, but they shared a house and year. They got on well enough. Her current attire would normally be enough to drive Elsa back to the books, but apparently she did not pay attention in Transfiguration, (Good thing Elsa did, for once.) "The homework, I believe is to research the anatomy of a tortoise, because that's what we're doing next." Which was silly of course. Like all the other classes seemed to be. "Cause we're all going to grow up and turn random things into tortoises for a living." As can be persieved, Elsa does not like Transfiguration. It was complete bollocks in her mind, but the real problem was how bad she was. She did enough to pass, but it certainly wasn't A+ work either.
"How can she stand being seen in that?" In Elsa's eyes, Sarreaha's chopce of clothing for today was rediculous. She was just a snob like that. She hated the orange shoes the most. They were hideous. To her... Then again, anything out of the normal was rediculous to her. She was msot often found in her school robes, because she could always say they were required, and be done with it. Today she sported tight jeans, a polo like shirt, only the girls version, and a long necklace. It was bad enough she had to go to the library, she wasnt going to be seen in something... odd. Apparently Sarreaha didn't share her view on this though, seeing that she seemed to wear whatever with, whatever.
Sarreaha:
Sarreaha really had no qualms about appearing in the wackiest outfits. However, one thing could be said about her attire, it always had some eye appeal to it. Her outfit choices did not often make the eyes water or the like. However, it was her taste and within her price range. Sarreaha often shopped at thrift stores and the like. Her father did not make much working for the newspaper and she rarely stayed with her mother.
"That sounds about right," Sarreaha then said with a smile. "I don't usually daze out in Transfiguration," she shook her head at herself. Transfiguration was one of the classes she liked and was good at. Hence why she was annoyed with herself for not paying attention.
"Well tortoises are very popular in demand," she said with a small official nod of her head. "Besides, we're just practicing turning things into animals ... not necessarily a tortoise, thats just to give us the idea..." Her defending the subject was proof that she liked it.
"Thanks Elsa," she then said before she turned to find some books. She would leave the girl now. Sarreaha was aware her form of outfits irked the other girl. She wasn't about to change her appearance to appease her fellow Hufflepuff but she would remove herself from the girl's presence.
Eddie:
Eddie rolled his eyes as Dustin came strolling over. He laid the book that he'd been reading on the table and continued to smirk at Dustin.
"It went as well as I could expect with that snobby Hufflepuff." Eddie said. "She's being the sassy girl that she is." Eddie said rolling his eyes. However, he was soon caught up in something else as he thought of something. A light smirk appeared on his lips as his eyes twinkled with mischief.
"Sooooo, Dustin, my man. I've heard some rumors about you that I don't quite think you've told me yet. Who is this mystery girl you've been seeing?" Eddie asked. The two of them hadn't seen each other for a while, and even though they were boys, pranksters that is, they still talked about everything. They weren't best buddies for nothing.
Eddie too had something to tell, later. He'd too met a girl, and no one knew because she was more of an friend, even though Eddie perhaps wanted it to be something more...
Dustin:
Eddie had rolled his eyes -- typically -- when Dustin mentioned the Hufflepuff girl. Elsa. What kind of name is that anyway? But then a smirk appeared on Eddie's lips. Dustin never got nervous around his best friend... there was never any reason for it, they knew without saying that they'd always have each other's backs... but that smirk had spelled doom for many a prank victim, and Dustin knew he hadn't gotten around to telling Eddie his little secret fast enough. His stomach had twisted uncomfortably and sure enough, Eddie dropped it like a bomb.
"Sooooo, Dustin, my man. I've heard some rumors about you that I don't quite think you've told me yet. Who is this mystery girl you've been seeing?"
It was true, they hadn't seen much of each other -- Dustin had gone home over the holidays, he wasn't sure what Eddie and Cass had done -- but he hadn't thought a rumor could spread that quickly. And moreover, where would that rumor have started?
"She's not a mystery girl, Ed," he replied, trying to make light of it. Although he wasn't really sure how Eddie would react; neither of them had ever been attached to anyone before. Well, except to each other -- in an extremely different sense, that is.
"You ought to know her," he continued, "as she's in our house. She's a fourth year, and her name's Maia. Anything else?"
What a stupid question. Of course there was more. You could count on that with Eddie, until every last detail was out.
Elsa:
Typical. Sarreaha just up and left. Left Elsa all alone. Well, not all alone. Eddie was still there, and he seemed to be ingaged in conversation with another Gryffindor. With a smirk on her face, Elsa casually, (or so she thought) walked over towards them, and into the book isle behind the two. She pretended to be looking for her book still, but was actually listening to everything they said, ever so intently. It was definatly like Elsa to do this. Infact, she's done it many times before, in this very library even.
Dustin? Yeah. That was his name. A secert lover? "I want to know about Eddie's life! Not his!" Apparently, Dustin didn't share her enthusiasm. He was dating... Maia? Galvan? Eugh. Of course, Elsa hadn't even talked to Maia once, let alone known her well enough to judge her, but she judged anyways. It wasn't anything in particular, she just seemed to be someone Elsa wouldn't dare be seen with. (Like most people were now a days.) Especially now that she was dating Dustin. Of course she didnt know him either! He's just friends with Eddie. "He must be mad." Elsa thought outloud, immediatly realizing she thought a little too outloud, Eddie and Dustin definatly heard it. "What to do? What to do?" She paniced. Elsa again picked up a book, she didnt even know what it was and pretended to read it, much to her unknowingst, it was quite upside down.
Eddie:
"Huuummm..." Eddie mused out loud, still smirking slightly. But then his smirk turned into one of the friendly smiles he wore around Dustin. They were best buddies, nothing could change that. Even though they'd spent some time apart or not gotten to tell each other things yet, didn't mean that Eddie was affected by it in any bad way. Quite the opposite actually, he was more amused than sad for not knowing.
You ought to know her as she's in our house. She's a fourth year, and her name's Maia. Eddie nodded his head, smiling. Maia. Well, Eddie weren't the most observance of guys, at least not until he met Sam. Before, he was totally oblivious to girls, he never seemed to get to know anyone who had the slightest little knowledge sticked up in their little brains. Normally he would be surrounded by girls like... like Elsa.
Anything else? Eddie grinned when Dustin spoke. Eddie knew as well as Dustin that they weren't usually used to things like... girls. Even though they had a lot. It wasn't to brag, but it was a fact. It was true that some found them rather attractive. Eddie however, was not a player, Dustin neither, even though Dustin seemed more comfortable around girls than Eddie.
"Well, as a matter of fact, there is! Listen here, I'm really happy for you, as cliche as it might sound. But come on! Give me some details here! I spent the entire Christmas with my brother, at least give me some details on your love life," Eddie said and hit Dustin playfully in the shoulder, his friendly way. It was the way Eddie could show Dustin that he was totally cool with it, the whole dating thing.
Just then, Eddie heard something behind him, and he was sure Dustin had heard it too. "He must be mad." Eddie looked at Dustin with his infamous smirk, the kind of smirk he really used when a really good prank as coming. It had been no doubt, neither for Dustin or Eddie, they both knew it was Elsa.
Eddie turned around be peeked in-between the book shelves. There Elsa stood, pretending to read a book, as it was upside down. Eddie turned to Dustin and smirked. "Watch this, I hope this will teach her not to listen to private conversations."
Eddie took out his wand without being seen. From doing hundreds of pranks, concealing one's wand was easy. With a small swing of the wand and with a barely noticable incantation, Eddie transformed the book in Elsa's hands into a particularly large and hideous, deep redish-orange toad, with huge yellow zits on. The wand was gone as quick as it had appeared. All Eddie was waiting for now, was Elsa's scream.
Dustin:
"Well, as a matter of fact, there is! Listen here, I'm really happy for you, as cliche as it might sound. But come on! Give me some details here! I spent the entire Christmas with my brother, at least give me some details on your love life."
Dustin laughed. He knew Eddie would probably have rather spent Christmas with him, messing around. "Alright... we went to Hogsmeade the other day. I dunno if it was just me, but it seemed to start out a bit awkwardly then got better -- especially after I gave her the necklace. Did you hear about that bit?"
Before Eddie could respond, someone's voice said behind them quite distinctly "He must be mad." Dustin raised an eyebrow at his friend. Elsa again, who else could it be? He and Eddie glanced behind them at the bookshelves.
"Watch this, I hope this will teach her not to listen to private conversations."
Dustin smirked as Eddie slipped out his wand and whispered a spell. Countless times they had done something like this, and had mastered the art of hiding their wands almost as soon as the spell was out of their mouths.
Eddie transformed the book in Elsa's hands into a particularly large and hideous, deep reddish-orange toad, with huge yellow zits on. The wand was gone as quick as it had appeared.
Dustin turned back around when he saw the toad so as not to arouse suspicion from anyone else, looking at Eddie expectantly and waiting for two things -- Elsa's scream, and for Eddie to answer his question. He kept his face straight and calm, looking for all the world as if the only thing he was doing was talking to a friend.
Elsa:
Elsa's face immediatly reddened. "Did they hear me?" She bit her lip and began to panic. But apparently they did. Elsa closed her eyes for a brief 30 seconds and when she opened her eyes she got quite the surprise. A large disgusting from appeared in the plac of her book. She screamed louder than she thought she ever could. "EDDIE! Get over here!"she shouted. I was obvious that the entire library had heard her.
She stomper her way over to Eddie and Dustin, her face red with rage and her hands in fists. Elsa had immediatly dropped the frog, wiping any trace of it off on her clothing. "I'll have to wash this double." Ready to deck Eddie right in the face, Elsa held her anger. "What is your problem? Do you have any idea how disgusting that... that thing was? You don't even know what kind of diseases I'm going to get now!" Elsa turned to go wash her hands, but instead, she ended up tripping over the very frog Eddie sent to her earlier. So there Elsa sat with her butt in the air, her face on the floor, and covered in frog.
Eddie:
Eddie pretended as if nothing, and just before Elsa let out her high pitched scream, Eddie managed to reply to Dustin. "No, I never got to hear about that..." Eddie couldn't help but to smirk as Elsa's voice was heard.
"EDDIE! Get over here!" Elsa's voice rang out, the entire library probably heard her. Eddie had to use every possible willpower not to blow his cover and laugh out loud. She came stomping over to him and Dustin from behind the bookshelves with a bewildered expression. Eddie was sure she wanted to punch him, not that she would've had any chance against him. He was rather tall, and also, a lot stronger. Eddie glanced at Dustin, amusement shone in his eyes.
"What is your problem? Do you have any idea how disgusting that... that thing was? You don't even know what kind of diseases I'm going to get now!" Elsa shrieked. Eddie only looked at her with a dead fish expression, as if saying what the hell are you talking about.
"What's up with you Elsa?" Eddie asked before she turned around to probably sob somewhere by herself or go complain to her dolled up friends. However, what did happen was that Elsa fell over the particularly large toad and fell with her butt right up in the air.
At that point, Eddie couldn't help himself, his laughter came trilling out. And who wouldn't have been laughing, whether or not you'd done the previous thing, anyone seeing Elsa trip, all by herself, would have laughed. Eddie was sure of it. Eddie was sure he was going to cry, laughing so hard. He leaned up in the chair and laughed. He had no time to see whether or not Dustin was laughing too, but judging from their relationship and humor, Eddie was sure Dustin was laughing with him.
Elsa:
Elsa's scream was even louder than the first. To fall, upon a frog was perhaps the worst thing to her. Frogs were cold and slimey. Not exactly Elsa's idea of a good time. However, touching one twice was even worse, if possible. This time it was also her fault! No one to yell at, but she yelled anyways. Standing and wiping off her freshly cleaned clothes that now reminded her nof nothing but frog, she was madder than ever. In both meanings.
"Why would you ever conjure a FROG of all things?" She spat, "Vile creatures." With a re-growing snarl, she glanced at the frog, and then to Eddie again. Sickening. Yet, beautiful. "Oh Eddie! I don't care about the frog!I love you!" She wanted to yell. Instead something about the frog being vile came out.
"I hate you Edmund Lucas! I hate you!"
"Oh, but I love you Eddie..."
"Why
don't you leave Hogwarts and never come back."
"No,
stay, be with me."
"No one wants you here."
"I need you here."
Being Elsa was well, hard. She hid her innermost feelings. Every minute of everyday she wanted to scream her love for Eddie, at the top of a mountain. Let everyone know. But she couldn't. He can never know. If he did, Eddie would outright reject Elsa without a second thought, and she knew this. "Why can't I be kind to him? Why can't I love being around him, enjoy his company?why must I yell at him?"
Dustin:
"Why would you ever conjure a FROG of all things?" She spat, "Vile creatures."
Dustin smirked. "Just to spite you, Elsa. Simple as that." Brat.
"No one wants you here!" she screeched. Dustin had a thing or two to say about that.
"Are you trying to say that I, his best mate, I don't even care about him? Exactly how much do you assume, Elsa?" He couldn't stop a playful grin. "'Cause you know what happens when you assume something, don't you? Or do I have to spell that out for you as well?"
This was precisely why he and Eddie adored picking on the girl. She acted so stuck-up, yet was so juvenile at times that it was almost sickening. Almost. It was great sport.
Eddie:
The scream that followed after Elsa tripped, on her own account, was priceless. Eddie was sore in his stomach of laughing, so he stopped... with a few hiccups here and there.
Why would you ever conjure a FROG of all things? Elsa was furious, obviously. However, Eddie didn't care one bit, at all.
Just to spite you, Elsa. Simple as that. Eddie looked at Dustin as he'd spoken, and smirked. He looked at Elsa and added to what Dustin had said. "And besides, who said I was the one conjuring up the frog. You have no proof. It's dangerous to accuse someone of something like that." Eddie grinned mischievously.
I hate you Edmund Lucas! I hate you! Why don't you leave Hogwarts and never come back! No one wants you here! Eddie could help but to keep the smirk from appearing. What she said was old news. She always said things like, I hate you, or something like that. Glaring at him and spitting out words as if venom... and the best part was, it didn't bother him one bit at all.
Are you trying to say that I, his best mate, I don't even care about him? Exactly how much do you assume, Elsa? Cause you know what happens when you assume something, don't you? Or do I have to spell that out for you as well?
Eddie grinned as Dustin spoke. How very very good it was to have his best mate around there. Eddie turned to Dustin. "I don't think she'll be able to process what you just said now. You know how she functions... she doesn't!" Eddie said laughing slightly.
Sarreaha:
Sarreaha had only just found the book she needed for Transfiguration when she heard screaming. It stopped for a few moments before it started again, by that time, Sarreaha had arrived at the scene. She had seen the frog's appearance and Elsa's trip and how the two boys were now taunting her fellow Hufflepuff.
"Elsa, are you okay?" she asked the girl as she came up to her. She shot the two boys a look. Like the majority of the school, Sarreaha knew of the feud Elsa had with the Gryffindor boys. "Don't let the three year olds get to you," she then stated looking at the Gryffindors. She knew she was asking to be picked on next, however Sarreaha didn't care. She was the type of person to come to the defense and aide of her fellow housemate, even if she didn't care for the girl that much.
As far as Sarreaha was concerned at the moment, the boys before her were not fifteen but were as she said, three. They certainly acted the age. Such pranks and just edging Elsa on, just shove it back in her face and laugh. If she didn't know any better she would have thought the two boys belonged to the Slytherin house.
Elsa:
At least someone around here knew how to deal with Elsa. Even thought she didn't like Sarreaha all that much, she served her purpose today. This was now working to Elsa's advandtage. Now she had someone to play puppet with, and it was just one more person on her side. She would of course rather be on Eddie's side, but that was currently unattainable.
Elsa brushed herself off and stood up up straighter. "Example A" She said with a raised eyebrow, the shot them both a disgusted look, and began to walk to a different section of the library. "Come on Sarreaha. We have better things to do than to babysit."
Eddie:
Just as Eddie and Dustin had spoke their words, a small girl seemed to come out of nowhere. Elsa,are you okay? Eddie gave the girl supporting Elsa a disgusted look. Was she in lead with Elsa? Anyone who were in lead with her, were doomed, at least according to him. They were there to be her humble servants and puppets in her crazy games.
He'd seen how she twisted people around her fingers like she owned them, and how she manipulated them. Later on, she would dump them when she'd be gone with them. Even though Eddie thought that he couldn't sympathize with people who were so easily used, he still felt somewhat sorry for them.
Eddie looked at the girl darkly as she gave them a look. Don't let the three year olds get to you, she said to Elsa. Obviously, this girl had been brainwashed, and Eddie were close to hexing her for her nerve. Sometimes, it seemed that Eddie was the only one who knew the real and true side of Elsa. Or at least, the side he'd seen so many times. Daily.
Example A. Come on Sarreaha. We have better things to do than to babysit. Elsa was such a snob. Eddie rolled her eyes. She'd only been lucky that the this Sarreaha girl had come, and taken the situation away. Had Sarreaha not come, Elsa would probably not have handled the situation as she did.
"Ey you, Sarreaha girl," Eddie called after the two girls who were about to leave. He was leaning against his chair looking at a book in his lap, although he knew the girl could hear him. "I don't care whether or not you're Elsa's puppy, but you've got some nerve coming here and think you know the situation. I'm just telling you, as a friendly advice, and not just because Elsa's a mean snob, you really ought to look twice," Eddie said.
More than that he didn't want to say, he figured that if Sarreaha had at least the smalled amount of brain, she'd sooner or later figure Elsa out. Looking at Dustin, Eddie chocked an eyebrow. "Well, that was fun," he grinned.
Sarreaha:
When Elsa said for Sarreaha to come with her, she didn't move. Instead she said, "You go on ... I have other stuff to do." Sarreaha wasn't a follower nor was she a leader. She may have stood up for her fellow Hufflepuff but there was nothing more.
Preparing to head on her way, she stopped at Eddie's words. She glanced at him with a normal expression. She smiled at him. "I'm well aware of Elsa's quirks. She is in my house and year," she stated. "I didn't come to her aide because I'm friends or even like her. I came to her aide because she's in my house, even if she hadn't been in Hufflepuff I probably would have," she stated.
"Just because a person is a snob, jerk, asshole, and various other things, doesn't mean you can't come to their aide in a situation," she continued. "But, you could of handled the situation better. You're right," she then stated with a small nod of her head. "I don't know the situation ... but towards Elsa, you're," she looked at Eddie then glanced for a moment at Dustin, "you're both just mean ... she may be asking for it but it doesn't mean you should do it just to get a cheap laugh... just as mean as the bullies on the playground, especially now that you found your target, you may be older but it's still there just in a different form."
She then shrugged her shoulders. "Call me a sap or whatever ... you can even make me a target. I don't care. I would have done it again," she then stated. She had stuck her nose where it didn't belong, but she had to wonder if they heard someone in their own house screaming, who they knew were not the best person, would they have just stood by and watched? Probably. It was hard to jump up and defend, especially when everyone was against you. But that was what she did.
"Okay, I'm done lecturing ... doubt it even penetrated your skulls to the point you understand, but who cares," she stated a little more upbeat with a smirk before she turned and disappeared within the shelves. If the boys decided to prank her now, she would take it. It would just prove to her that they were no more than children. The school bullies.